Evond Blake

Motion Designer. VFX Animator

www.iahdigital.com
(416) 839-1792
iahdigital@rogers.com

PROFILE

After Effects An Internationally renowned visual artist, Evond Blake is a trend setter sparking new ideas
Maya and originality using graphic design, motion design and animation. Awarded the Media artist
3DS MAX emerging grant from the Ontario Arts council, Evond is passionate about applying his evolving
Realflow artistic vision to the commercial marketplace.
VUE 8
Nuke PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Syntheyes
Final Cut Studio MOTION DESIGNER/ARTIST- IAH Digital (Freelance)
Premiere Graphic Designer, Motion Designer and Visual artist creating branding, artwork and design for
various businesses such as Toronto Downtown Jazz/TD Canada Trust, The Bay,
Photoshop
MSN/Sympatico, PONY, Juicy Fruit, West49 & MUCH Music. Created multidisciplinary
Illustrator
exhibitions involving motion design, animation, painting and environment creation in Galleries
and Cities throughout the world.
Stop motion Animation
Acrylic painting/Fine art
Large scale Mural production
INTERFACE DESIGNER/MOTION ARTIST- InToronto Web Design (2007- 2008)
Content creation for Interactive media Interface Designer and Motion artist to multiple web brands resulting in modern, innovative
web development and interactive media leading to increased yearly revenue for each
company. Contributed to new interactive ideas resulting in a broader target audience and
market growth.

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER - Business Exchange Magazine (2006-2007)

Graphic Designer for Business Exchange Real Estate magazine. Created page layouts, cover
art and promotional graphics for the clients in the Real Estate industry such as REMAX,
Homelife, LePage and Century 21 resulting in increased sales for each brand.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER- Higher Literature Publications (2003-2006)

Graphic Designer for Higher Literature Publications creating artwork for in-house educational
materials such as textbooks, branding and promotional packages for the parent company
Higher Marks Educational Institute. Brought changes to the infrastructure of the company so
that printing would be done in-house rather than outsourced resulting in increased business
revenue.

EDUCATION

SENECA COLLEGE @ YORK UNIVERSITY- Visual Effects for Film and Television
2D/3D Motion Design production, 2D/3D Compositing, Green screen video production

CENTENNIAL COLLEGE (BCCC)- New Media Design (post-Diploma)

Web interface design, Interactive media using flash, Multimedia design

SENECA COLLEGE- Digital Media Arts

3D Animation using 3DS MAX, Graphic Design, Photography, 2D animation

AWARDS

MEDIA ARTIST EMERGING- Ontario Arts Council (2009)

Grant from the Ontario Arts Council for DECIMALS REBUILT; multidisciplinary exhibition
consisting of painting, graphics and animation to create an immersive environment